Articles
Since the late 1980s, Patrick has published numerous popular articles on Scripture, Church history, patristics, and apologetics in Envoy Magazine, This Rock Magazine, and various other Catholic and Protestant periodicals. Here is a small selection of them, all free:
- “Don’t Touch That Bible!” — 1989
- “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Kolob” (Mormonism) — 1988
- “Guess What, Mom” — 1989
- “Sects and Sin in Manila” — 1994
- “The Wrath of Grapes” — 1989
- “Missing Out on (or Forgetting About) Jesus’ Teachings” — 2017
- “Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J., Modern Martyr” — 1991
- “Are Novenas No No’s?” — 1989
- “When to Listen, When to Speak” — 2017
- “The Heresy of Donatism” — 1994
- “The Heresy of Collyridianism” — 1994
- “The Heresy of Iconoclasm” — 1991
- “Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained” — 2017
- “Do Christians Have an Absolute Assurance of Salvation?” — 2004
- “Three Steps to Keeping Your Kids Catholic” — 2013
- “Mary: Ark of the New Covenant” — December, 1991
- “Mormonism’s Gods” — July, 1992
- “In Search of the Great Apostasy” (Mormonism) — September, 1992
- “Mormonism and the ‘Great Apostasy’ Theory” — 1998
- “Any Friend of God’s Is a Friend of Mine” — September, 1992
- “The White Mans Burden” — October, 1993
- “Sola Scriptura Debate with Douglas Jones” — 1996
- “The Madrid/Jones Dialogue on Scripture and the Church” — October, 1997
- “More Vicarius Thrills” — September, 1998
- “The Heart of an Apostle” — 1998
- “Frank Sheed: The Prophet of Hyde Park” — March, 2002
- “What Does the Bible Teach About Divorce & Remarriage?” — 2003
- “The Five Most Pathetic Words” — October, 2009
- “You Can Keep Your Kids Catholic” — June, 2010
- Interview on “Keeping Your Kids Catholic” — June, 2010
- Interview: “Turning the Table on Atheists” — Spring, 2011
Looking for more articles and essays by Patrick Madrid? Be sure to check out his book Envoy for Christ: 25 Years as a Catholic Apologist (Servant Books), which is a compendium of many of his writings over the past 30 years collected into a single volume. (Also available as an audiobook.)